[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] The Ministry of SMEs and Startups will hold a review committee meeting on the 19th to decide whether to ask the Fair Trade Commission to file a complaint with the prosecution against 14 companies, including the Korean Bar Association and Kakao Mobility.

According to the government, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups will hold the 22nd deliberation committee on the 19th to request mandatory charges against 14 organizations, including Kakao Mobility, the Korean Bar Association and the Seoul Bar Association.

The mandatory complaint system allows the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the Public Procurement Service and the Board of Audit and Inspection to file a complaint against cases that did not file a complaint with the prosecution, although the FTC has taken fines and other measures after confirming the illegality of the law. If these ministries request a complaint, the FTC is obliged to file a complaint with the prosecution in accordance with the Fair Trade Act.

It is also expected that a mandatory complaint against Kakao Mobility will be concluded. Kakao Mobility was judged by the Fair Trade Commission to have violated the Fair Trade Act by favoring franchise taxis when dispatching cars due to algorithmic manipulation. He was fined 25.7 billion won in February this year, but was not accused by the prosecution. If the Ministry of SMEs and Startups makes a decision to file a mandatory complaint at the deliberation committee, Kakao Mobility, following Kakao Pay, will be investigated by authorities.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups held a review committee on mandatory charges earlier this year and asked the FTC to file a complaint with GS Retail for violating subcontracting laws and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. to the prosecution last year.

 

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